And here is a recent image of the motel from Google Maps. It look very much the same and still retains that way cool sign!

Now we are off to Louisiana! They visited Afton Villa and Gardens . Sadly, after they visited the villa it burned down in 1963 after having been completely restored in the 1940s.

I guess they didn’t do much sightseeing in Baton Rouge since it appears they were lost for most of the time while in that area!

However, they did manage to make it to a snake and alligator farm somewhere in Louisiana….seems like she was more enchanted by the baby monkey though!

Looks like they are doing a lot of driving on the 25th….we’ve made it all the way into Texas now!

It appears they logged over 200 miles of driving on this day going from Louisiana to Texas…..I am sure back then that was a pretty significant day of driving. I guess Port Arthur did not impress them so they decided to make the drive to Beaumont Texas about 20 miles away.

Come back next Thursday for Part 3 of Sally Jo and Dean’s honeymoon trip!

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